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The Rehabilitation of Cognitive Disabilities

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  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. J. Michael Williams

    1. Center for Applied Psychological Research, Memphis State University, Memphis, USA

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  2. Charles J. Long

    1. Center for Applied Psychological Research, Memphis State University, Memphis, USA
      Neuropsychology Laboratory, University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences, Memphis, USA

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. General Theories of Cognitive Rehabilitation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. A Conceptual Model of Neuropsychologically-Based Cognitive Rehabilitation

      • Robert J. Sbordone
      Pages 3-27

    3. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation After Brain Injury: Some Further Reflections

      • George P. Prigatano
      Pages 29-41

    4. The Role of Cognitive Retraining in Comprehensive Rehabilitation

      • J. Michael Williams
      Pages 43-55

    5. Neuropsychological Theories and Cognitive Rehabilitation

      • Kurt A. Moehle, Jeffrey Lee Rasmussen, Kathleen B. Fitzhugh-Bell
      Pages 57-76

  3. The Practice of Cognitive Rehabilitation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
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    2. The Current Status of Computer-Assisted Cognitive Rehabilitation

      • Charles J. Long
      Pages 79-93

    3. Methodological Issues in Cognitive Retraining Research

      • Gregory W. Harter
      Pages 95-107

    4. Treatment of Visual Imperception and Related Disorders

      • Wm. Drew Gouvier, Mark S. Warner
      Pages 109-122

    5. The Remediation of Everyday Memory Deficits

      • Marsha M. Little
      Pages 123-138

    6. Cognitive Rehabilitation: Psychosocial Issues

      • Mark T. Wagner, Marian B. Danse
      Pages 139-148

    7. Cognitive Stimulation in the Home Environment

      • Thomas A. Novack, Thomas F. Bergquist, Gerald Bennett, Donna Hartley
      Pages 149-169

  4. Pediatric Cognitive Rehabilitation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171
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    2. The Neuropsychology of Children’s Learning Disorders

      • Gurmal Rattan, Raymond S. Dean
      Pages 173-190

    3. The “So What?” Question: Intervention with Learning Disabled Children

      • Cathy F. Telzrow
      Pages 191-205

    4. Learning Disabilities and Hyperactivity: Implications for Research and Clinical Assessment

      • Lisa A. Wolfe, Aleida K. Inglis, Randolph W. Parks
      Pages 207-215

    5. Cognitive Training with Brain-Injured Children: General Issues and Approaches

      • Tina L. Brown, Sam B. Morgan
      Pages 217-231

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 233-235
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About this book

The rehabilitation of intellectual impairment resulting from brain injury has become a major professional activity of clinical neuropsychologists. In recent years, neuropsychology has developed from a professional role stressing assessment and diagnosis to one that now includes treatment and rehabilitation activities. Such trends are also manifested in two new research interests of neuropsychologists: the study of the generalizability of neuropsychological test findings to everyday abilities, often referred to as the "ecological validity" of tests, and outcome studies of cognitive retraining treatments. Discovering the relationships between traditional neuropsychological tests and everyday behavior is important because the referral questions posed to neuropsychologists have changed. Now, the neuropsychologist is asked to comment on the patient's functional intellectual abilities as they relate to the everyday demands of home, work and educational settings. Of course, the development of cognitive retraining theory and procedures allows neuropsychologists to intervene in the treatment of the cognitive problems that the neuropsychological evaluation has documented. Since these approaches are still in their formative stages, they have been the subject of clinical lore, great controversy and little systematic research. This situation prompted one of our presenters to lament, "Either you believe Cognitive Retraining is divinly inspired, or the work of the devil. " There is apparently little middle ground. Given this state of affairs, the program committee of the Mid-South Conference on Human Neuropsychology decided to focus on the role of neuropsychologists in rehabilitation.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for Applied Psychological Research, Memphis State University, Memphis, USA

    J. Michael Williams, Charles J. Long

  • Neuropsychology Laboratory, University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences, Memphis, USA

    Charles J. Long

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Rehabilitation of Cognitive Disabilities

  • Editors: J. Michael Williams, Charles J. Long

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1899-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-9057-5Published: 01 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-1899-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 246

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Clinical Psychology, Neuropsychology

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